Visual Studio 2025 Beta Requirements. Starting with visual studio 2017, the msvc toolset, including the c++ compiler, follows the product lifecycle for the version of visual studio in which it first ships even if it ships. Per the published support rules, the minimum visual studio and msbuild version for each new major release is updated with a one quarter delay.

I have files on my local drive that when opened talk about visual studio 9.0 beta program. If so, when might that be?